George Frideric Handel : a life with friends
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New York : W W Norton & Co Inc., 2014., W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.
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472 pages
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
780.92 H236
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780.92 H236
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Published
New York : W W Norton & Co Inc., 2014., W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Format
Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"One document--Handel's will--offers us a narrow window into his personal life. In it, he remembers not only family and close colleagues but also neighborhood friends. In search of the private man behind the public figure, Ellen T. Harris has spent years tracking down the letters, diaries, personal accounts, legal cases, and other documents connected to these bequests. The result is a tightly woven tapestry of London in the first half of the eighteenth century, one that interlaces vibrant descriptions of Handel?s music with stories of loyalty, cunning, and betrayal. With this wholly new approach, Harris has achieved something greater than biography. Layering the interconnecting stories of Handel's friends like the subjects and countersubjects of a fugue, Harris introduces us to an ambitious, shrewd, generous, brilliant, and flawed man, hiding in full view behind his public persona."--www.Amazon.com.
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